No.061Gen 1 (Kanto)
Poliwhirl in Japanese
ニョロゾ
Nyorozo
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ニョnyo
ロro
ゾzo
💡 A big kana followed by a small ャ ュ ョ or ァ ィ ゥ ェ ォ is read together as one sound.
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
This Pokémon’s sweat is a slimy mucus. When captured, Poliwhirl can slither from its enemies’ grasp and escape.このポケモンの汗は粘液です。捕獲されると、ニョロゾは敵の手から滑り抜けて逃げることができます。
The Japanese text is a translation of the English entry, written with kanji, hiragana and katakana. Try to spot the katakana words!
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